Psychiatric nurses' attitudes towards inpatient aggression: preliminary report of the development of Attitude Towards Aggression Scale (ATAS)

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-53

  Jansen, Gerard J ^a,c   Dassen, Theo W N ^b   Burgerhof, Johannes G M ^a   Middel, Berrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Health Sciences ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attitude; Mental health; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645277646     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20106     Document Type: Article

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